Inside BureaucracyBureaus are among the most important institutions in every part of the world. Not only do they provide employment for a very significant fraction of the world's population, but they also make critical decisions that shape the economic, educational, political, social, moral, and even religious lives of nearly everyone on earth. This book develops a useful theory of bureaucratic decision making. The theory will enable analysts to predict at least some aspects of bureau behavior accurately, and to incorporate bureaus into a more generalized theory of social decision making--particularly one relevant to democracies. It would be impossible to solve all the problems involved in this immense and complex field; however, this book will solve many, and create a framework upon which solutions to still more may be built by other theorists. |
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Introduction | 1 |
What Are Bureaus and Who Are Bureaucrats? | 24 |
Why Bureaus Are Necessary | 32 |
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actions activities advocates agencies alternatives analysis basic become behavior patterns benefits biases budget bureau members bureaucratic cause Chapter cials climbers communications conflict conservers coordination costs create decisionmaking decisions develop distortion Economic effects environment evaluation example existing external formal rules goal consensus Gordon Tullock greater growth H. A. Simon Hence hierarchy ideology important incentive income increase individual indoctrination innovation interests involved James Q large organizations Lewis Coser loyalty major markets Max Weber messages monitoring Morris Janowitz motivated networks Northcote Parkinson offi organizational ossification output Parkinson's Law performance gap personnel policy space political position power setting pressure promotion RAND Corporation rational recruitment reduce relationships relatively response result role search agency self-interest shift shrinking violet significant social agents social functions society specific staff structure subformal subordinates sunk costs superiors superman theory tion top-level officials types of officials usually utility zealots